Posted 11/20/2008 at 12:14:16pm

No it's not dead, you can still buy it online from both Newegg.com and Tigerdirect.com.   Also, M$ is still supporting XP until 2011 or so.  Also, as there is such a large install base for XP, it will remain supported by hardware manufacturers for a long time to come.   You can order it on Newegg for $140.  Tigerdirect has it for the same price.  Both are for XP Pro Service Pack 3 OEM Version.   I'm sure I could find it online for cheaper though if I did a Google search.  Vista is bloatware really with several hardware and driver issues yet.  Windows 7 is in pre-beta as of yet, so it's impossible to assess what it will be like.   However, from what I've read it does indeed seem similar to Vista overall.